The 10 Most Gay-Friendly Countri for Gay and LGBT Nomads

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From gay marriage to transgenr rights, Expati looks at the most LGBTQIA+ iendly untri for those nsirg a reer change abroad.

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It ranked #4 on Gallup’s 2015 list of “Top Plac for Gay People to Live, " #23 on HSBC’s rankg of bt untri for expats and is known for s lic cuise. Arnaldur Halldorsson / Bloomberg via Getty ImagIceland, which legalized same-sex marriage back 2010, was recently ranked as the happit untry for gay men. The Nordic island natn was also the first untry the world wh an openly gay head of ernment -- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who served as prime mister om 2009-2013.

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The island natn, loted the southwt Pacific Ocean, is also known for s betiful ci and NetherlandsCyspe of Photo / UIG via Getty ImagThe Netherlands is nsired the most gay-iendly untry the world, acrdg to Gallup, and was also the first untry the world to legalize same-sex marriage 2000. LGBTQ culture is also very visible the Sndavian untry -- Pri Oslo is one of Norway's largt events, and the cy is also home to one of the world's bt gay AiAerial view of Johannburg, South AiDean Hutton / Bloomberg via Getty ImagIn 2006, South Ai beme the first untry Ai to legalize same-sex marriage -- and there has yet to be a send.

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Johannburg, s largt cy, is also the untry's gay epicenter: It's home to the annual Jo'Burg Pri event, the Out Ai Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival and most of the annual Mr. SpaView of Barcelona, Fte Raga / JTB Photo/UIG via Getty ImagNearly 90 percent of Spa's cizens believe lbian and gay people should be accepted, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center, and Gallup has Spa tied wh the Netherlands as the number one untry for gay people.

19, Jeppsson / Bloomberg via Getty ImagSwen at #8 on both Gallup's list of "Top Plac for Gay People to Live" and HSBC's list of bt untri for expats. Bettmann ArchiveUguay is one of South Ameri's most LGBTQ-iendly untri, and is ranked among Gallup's bt untri the world for gays and lbians.

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